DISNEY PROPERTIES
1.
Mickey Mouse
and Jesus
on every channel
in every room
smell of fresh paint
buzzards circling low
over the trees.
2.
The same cormorant
perches all day
on a buoy moored
next to the bar
at the edge
of the water
stunted bass
in the shallows
Yuengling
and Margaritas
water so flat
and calm, like Saran
not even the wind
can cure the perfection
scentless, purple blooms.
3.
Next to the thatched
cottage, that is neither
thatched nor a cottage
litter of cardboard
on the table, grease
stained napkins
vinegar, unopened
salt packets, receipts
twitching in the wind
like beheaded chickens
suddenly swept up.
4.
Mallards and coots
pushed around by black
barges loaded down
with ordinance
and so many targets
within range
they could fire
without aiming
and hit something
every time.
5.
More beer stands
than the state fair
funnel cakes, sushi
drums on the far side
bogged down in bonsai
thirty feet tall
rain in Morocco
rainbow with no name.
6.
Stave Church Gallery
tenth century
a continent away
and a sword just
like the one buried
with Rögnvald
the Raider
silver and filigree
of rusted steel.
His mother
loved him once.
There is nothing
for sale in here.
7.
Back in the timber
at dusk, buzzards
on the roost, a faded
remnant of fur
and bone bends
down, drinks
softly, straight
from the earth
the cormorant slips
without a sound
into the dark water.
1.
Mickey Mouse
and Jesus
on every channel
in every room
smell of fresh paint
buzzards circling low
over the trees.
2.
The same cormorant
perches all day
on a buoy moored
next to the bar
at the edge
of the water
stunted bass
in the shallows
Yuengling
and Margaritas
water so flat
and calm, like Saran
not even the wind
can cure the perfection
scentless, purple blooms.
3.
Next to the thatched
cottage, that is neither
thatched nor a cottage
litter of cardboard
on the table, grease
stained napkins
vinegar, unopened
salt packets, receipts
twitching in the wind
like beheaded chickens
suddenly swept up.
4.
Mallards and coots
pushed around by black
barges loaded down
with ordinance
and so many targets
within range
they could fire
without aiming
and hit something
every time.
5.
More beer stands
than the state fair
funnel cakes, sushi
drums on the far side
bogged down in bonsai
thirty feet tall
rain in Morocco
rainbow with no name.
6.
Stave Church Gallery
tenth century
a continent away
and a sword just
like the one buried
with Rögnvald
the Raider
silver and filigree
of rusted steel.
His mother
loved him once.
There is nothing
for sale in here.
7.
Back in the timber
at dusk, buzzards
on the roost, a faded
remnant of fur
and bone bends
down, drinks
softly, straight
from the earth
the cormorant slips
without a sound
into the dark water.